Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

The course comprises the following components:

• a field visit to a Swedish municipality office to learn about their climate change adaptation and mitigation work
• basic and evidence-based knowledge of climate change adaptation and greenhouse gas emissions reduction,
• key concepts in the area, such as for instance systemic risk, vulnerability, exposure, hazard, sustainability, adaptation, and sustainability transformation
• the significance of climate change adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable transition
• the basics of climate change adaptation and case studies from around the world
• gradual and abrupt transformation, regime shift, and (positive) social tipping points
• climate solutions in different sectors of society
• political governance of climate change adaptation and mitigation, at different levels

Instruction is in the form of lectures, seminars, teaching sessions, and group discussions. Paying a study visit to a Swedish municipality offers the students an opportunity to learn about municipal practices, but the aim is also for the students to use and process this knowledge in various ways throughout the course.

Progressive specialisation: G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: General admission requirements

Selection: Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Master Programme in Biology: Ecology and Conservation Biology: Ecology and Conservation Biology (studied during year 1)